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BLOOD, SWEAT & FEARS: Horror Inspired by the 1970s

Nov 2, 2015
The 1970s often seem like the dreaded hangover from the 1960s, representing a time of particular unease in American life. It was a time of painful, disconcerting transition, a time when old economic sureties imploded in light of rampant uncertainties, while rock music, polyester and paranoia ruled the day. It’s no accident that some of the most classic (and/or infamous) horror movies of the genre arose in the 1970s—Duel (1971), The Last House on the Left (1972), The Exorcist (1973), Black Christmas (1974), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Jaws (1975), The Omen (1976), Halloween (1978), Dawn of the Dead (1978), Magic (1978) and even Alien (1979)—all of these (and many more) tapped into the fear and unease that thrived in the 1970s.

Nosetouch Press is bringing you Blood, Sweat & Fears: Horror Inspired by the 1970s to capture the essence of the horror of living in the weird 1970s. We welcome any horror, provided that it faithfully represents the oh-so-creepy, grit-under-the-fingernails vibe of the 1970s, and really captures the time period between 1970 through 1979 — we’re not looking for splattercore and excessive gore, so much as rampant paranoia and dread hanging like smog over everything.

Put on your bellbottoms, your clogs and your satin shirts and write the best original 1970s-inspired horror story you can imagine, and send them our way. Beyond the grimy 1970s horror vibe, thematically, the stories can be wide open, but all submissions should radiate that discordant ‘70s vibe that gave us Son of Sam and other infamous serial killers, Three Mile Island, Jonestown, Watergate and CREEP, and many other things.

No reprints, please.

 

Submissions Accepted: December 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016
Length: 3,000 to 10,000 words
Payment: $25 plus a contributor’s copy
Release: Late Spring/Early Summer 2016
Submission Guidelines: http://www.nosetouchpress.com/call-for-submissions/

Less Than Dead

Nov 2, 2015
LGBTQIA Anthology Call — There’s nothing quite so terrifying as a corpse that moves, a creature that even death can’t stop. Sometimes they’re a minor nuisance, other times they’re a nigh-unstoppable terror. On rare occasions they turn out not to be a nightmare at all, but an expected ally.

Less Than Three Press invites you to submit tales of zombies, be they the enemy, the ally, or something else entirely.

Deadline: February 28, 2016
Length: 10,000-20,000 words
Payment: $200 + 2 print contributor copies and 1 copy in each ebook format released
Submission Guidelines: http://www.lessthanthreepress.com/anthology-submissions/

Cthulhusattva: Tales of the Black Gnosis

Oct 20, 2015
Martian Migraine Press is now open to submissions for our fourth annual anthology, Cthulhusattva: Lovecraftian Tales of the Black Gnosis.

When it comes to Lovecraftian fiction, readers are already well familiar with the standard protagonists. Men of Science. Hardened, world-weary investigators. Sensitive artists, and the like. All of whom eventually learn too much, as they come into contact with forbidden books, foul thaumaturgies, and the human (and not-so-human!) servants of the Great Old Ones. Through curiosity, stupidity, hubris (and oftentimes a combination of these) such foolhardy individuals are blasted to madness in the deadly light that breaks through into their existence when they dare tread the shadowed paths of the Mythos! Surely death would be preferable!

But…

What of the opposite numbers to your standard Lovecraftian hero? What of those servants of the Great Old Ones? The cultists. Sorcerers. Witches. Lone madmen and women. What of those who go seeking that dark enlightenment of their own free will? What of the individuals who choose to cast off from the shores of humanity’s placid island of ignorance, who choose to voyage far on those black seas of infinity that surround that island?

Whatever else can be said about the Mythos (within the Lovecraftian world-view, naturally) it remains that the madness which underlies it is THE TRUTH OF EXISTENCE. The light may be deadly, yes, but it is still light, and it still reveals! Remember, too, that the Great Old Ones and their servants, have been around for a very long time. What wisdom, what insights into Life, Death, and Reality might be gained by currying their favour? What would be the price of that wisdom, and more… would it be worth it?

For Cthulhusattva: Lovecraftian Tales of the Black Gnosis, we are looking for stories that explore these themes, and these intrepid, intelligent, and yes, more than a little insane characters! However, we’re not interested in dyed-in-their-woolen-robes hooded cultists or card-carrying gibbering lunatics with knives behind their backs, laying in wait for the Randolph Carters and Professor Armitages of the world. Instead, give us stories that examine what it means to truly learn the nature of the Universe and come out the other side, smiling! Remember, the Old Ones are apathetic to human needs and desires, and are as likely to ignore a supplicant as devour them. So, consider how one might go mad at contact with them, but still live and move and have an affect in the world. We want to see tales of Mythos mystics, spiritual sorcerers, monstrous monks, and preternatural philosophers, and we want to see them in a diverse range of settings, not just Arkham. The world is vast and strange: show us the bizarre and mind-expanding traditions of far-flung locales! Take us from the deep past to the unimagined future! Give us stories that prove you can hear the Call of Cthulhu… and return as a Cthulhusattva!

Deadline: December 15, 2015
Length: 1,500 to 7,000
Payment: All accepted submissions will be paid .03CAD per word, via Paypal, as well as a contributor copy (paperback) of the anthology, and copies in all electronic formats (mobi, EPUB, and PDF). Authors are also entitled to copies of three additional Martian Migraine Press titles of their choosing.
Submission Guidelines: http://martianmigrainepress.com/Cthulhusattva-Lovecraftian-Tales-of-the-Black-Gnosis/

What Dwells Below

Oct 20, 2015
For this anthology, we’re going urban! We’d like you to spin us a tale of horror describing what lurks below in the city sewers. All sorts of creatures, both real and imagined, may wish to do those who live in the sunlight harm; covet their ability to exist in the brightness above; or perhaps they simply fight for domain of their own patch in the darkness!

Whatever fantastically dark tale you come up with, please do not include zombies, homeless humans, or orphaned children. We want tales of true horror – not the horror of the human condition.

So tell us, the next time we walk over a grate in a city sidewalk, or pass a manhole cover slightly ajar, what should we be terrified is watching us from below?

As per our standard guidelines, there will be no stories containing pedophilia, bestiality, or graphic rape accepted.

Deadline: January 1, 2015
Length: 4,000-8,000 words
Payment: $25.00
Submission Guidelines: http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/open_subs.htm

Mysterion

Oct 20, 2015
We’re looking for speculative stories–science fiction, fantasy, horror–with Christian themes, characters, or cosmology.

  • The story must have a speculative element. It needs something beyond the everyday. We love science fiction and fantasy, enjoy good ghost stories, and think there’s great fiction material hidden in the mysteries of Christian theology–cherubim, leviathan, nephilim, visions, prophecy, and more.
  • The story must engage with Christianity. We want stories with Christian characters whose faith affects their actions, with Christian themes such as grace and redemption, or with a Christian view of the supernatural. Note that we’re not saying that you must be a Christian. We are not in a position to judge your faith, and won’t try. Nor does your story need to be unambiguously pro-Christian. If you can tell a good story that meaningfully engages with Christianity, we want to read it.
  • Read more about what we’re looking for in our Theme Guidelines.

 

Deadline: December 25, 2015
Length: Up to 10,000 words
Payment: We pay 6 cents/word for original stories (or original translations of stories that have not previously appeared in English), and 3 cents/word for reprints.
Submission Guidelines: http://www.mysterionanthology.com/p/more-guidelines.html

Death by Chocolate

Oct 15, 2015
Chocolate. Some people crave it, some people hate it. It is given and used for many occasions, for celebratory reasons and for some as comfort in bad times and sad times.

We’ve all heard the phrase ‘death by chocolate’, and I want you to think about exactly what that could mean. We could go literal with the eventual cholesterol induced cardiac arrest of an over-indulging chocoholic, to someone being drowned in a chocolate fountain, maybe even encasing someone inside a chocolate filled sarcophagus. Maybe opening that Terry’s Chocolate Orange will open more than just orange-flavoured chocolate segments, what if Willy Wonka was the devil and had lured the children with delicious temptation that would end in their sticky demises?

I want soft centres, hard centres, maybe even a few fruity centres to get my teeth into, but I want chocolate horror.

Deadline: December 31, 2015
Length: 3,000-6,000 words
Payment: Royalties
Submission Guidelines: http://knightwatch.greatbritishhorror.com/death-by-chocolate/

Stiff Things

Oct 11, 2015
Comet Press is seeking short stories for an erotic horror anthology to be published in the summer of 2016. We are looking for the most gruesome, twisted, disturbing, erotic stories that push the boundaries of sex and horror and we don’t have any content restrictions (except for kiddie porn, of course).
Deadline: March 1, 2016 (or until filled)
Length: Up to 9,000 words
Payment: 3 cents/word (upped to 6 cents/word if Kickstarter campaign is successful)
Submission Guidelines: http://www.cometpress.us/books/stiffthings/guidelines.html

Unintended Consequences

Oct 8, 2015
What we’re looking for are speculative fiction stories involving the creation, manufacture, release etc. of some new technology (or magic) that is supposed to do one thing and later on down the road some unintended consequence is discovered. It can be product that is supposed to be ‘good’ but has a bad consequence or just has something different happen as well. Conversely, you can have something that is supposed to be dangerous or ‘evil’ and have it develop a ‘good’ consequence.

An example of unintended consequences from the novel Dispassionate Lies by Eileen Schuh. Decades after the introduction of Birth Control Pills – there is a generation of women who are born asexual—no sex drive or interest in sex. (This would be an unintended consequence of something that supposed to help women take control of their reproduction)

Deadline: March 31, 2016
Length: 1,000-6,000 words
Payment: $5 + royalties
Submission Guidelines: http://wolfsingerpubs.com/ConsequencesGuidelines.html

The Prison Compendium

Oct 8, 2015
Bring us your best prison stories. Any genre. Any point of view. The story can be from the perspective of an inmate. It can be from the POV of a guard. It can be from the viewpoint of a family member visiting a lifer. It can be a prison ghost story. It can be about redemption, or a spiral down into oblivion. It can be about friendship, or prison gangs and rivalries. It can be about a riot. It can be about an ex-con, who’s gotten out and is struggling to reintegrate into an unforgiving society. As long as it holds true to the main theme of prison, it fits.

Any genre works: historical fiction, paranormal, supernatural, drama, comedy, dark noir, mystery, etc. Just make certain your story has something to do with prison or confinement (incarceration). This can include inside a mental hospital, juvenile detention, or other correctional facility.

Deadline: September 31, 2016
Length: 1,500-6,000 words
Payment: $0.01/per word + one contributor’s copy
Submission Guidelines: http://www.emppublishing.com/open-call.html

Wax & Wane: A Coven of Witch Tales

Sep 23, 2015
Witches have long captivated mankind throughout recorded history, and remain influential as one of the most iconic of folkloric images. Nosetouch Press wants your very best witch stories, featuring magical, powerful women who use witchcraft for good or evil, in classic as well as new takes on witches–we welcome vintage witches, good witches, wicked witches, futuristic witches, high fantasy witches, techno-witches, boundary-breaking witches–bring them all!
Deadline: November 30, 2015
Length: 2,000-10,000 words
Payment: $13 + contributor copy
Submission Guidelines: http://www.nosetouchpress.com/call-for-submissions/

Respectable Horror

Sep 21, 2015
So we would like tales of civilised, gentle(wo)manly horror, cold, calculating and bloodless; spinechillers rather than slashers, enervating instead of eviscerating. Though a wee bit of the red stuff will not make us blanch, focus more on unshakeable dread. Make us afraid to investigate that noise downstairs. Cause us to shudder when we glimpse something move out of the corner of our eyes. Think Ann Radcliffe and the Gothics, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins, M.R. James and even those modern folks like Shirley Jackson and Fritz Leiber.
Deadline: December 31, 2015
Length: 4,000-8,000 words
Payment: £10 + digital and print copy of the volume
Submission Guidelines: http://www.foxspirit.co.uk/call-for-stories-respectable-horror/
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